The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G Harris

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Lance Corporal George HARRIS, G/5111, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 30th May 1916, age 35.

Born Wateringbury, Kent.

Husband of Eleanor A. Harris, of Sebastapol Cottages, Capel, Paddock Wood, Kent.

1911 Census - Chequer's, Capel, near Tonbridge, Kent - George Harris, (senior), head, age 31, married, 5 children, 4 still alive, farm labourer, worker, at home, born Wateringbury, Kent; Elenor Ann Harris, wife, age 32, married 3 years, no children, farm labourer, worker, at home, born Challock, East Kent; Annie Horley, daughter, age 13, school, born 5 Oak Green, Kent; Sally Horley, daughter, age 7, school, born Chequer's, Capel, Kent; George Harris, (junior), son, age 2, at home, born Chequer's, Capel, Kent; Daisy Horley, daughter, age 5, school, born Chequer's, Capel, Kent.

1907 December Quarter, Tonbridge Registration District, George Harris married Elenor Annie Horley.

Enlisted Tonbridge Kent.

Buried at Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, I. J. 3., Pas de Calais France.

Information provided by Tony Grant of the Snodland Historical Society

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